298 TORTRICIXA. 



2. atricapitana, Steph. Alls anticis >albis, fascia obscura medio 

 apiceque brunneis nigro punctatis ; costa punctis atris ; capite 

 palpisque nigris ; posticis griseis. tf Exp. al. 7-7-J lin. 



Head dull, dusky umber. Face darker, but glossy. Eyes black. 

 Palpi longer than the head, dusky umber. Antennae black. Thorax 

 and patagia dull, dusky umber. Anterior wings dull, of a flesh or 

 rosy pink colour, especially beyond the middle, with dusky clouds 

 and ferruginous and black markings. At the base is a speckled black 

 patch, extending one -fifth along the costa, its posterior edge attain- 

 ing the dorsal margin by a fine dusky line, the space enclosed only 

 being half filled up by the black colour. At the centre of the costa 

 is a sharply-defined, dusky, ferruginous, triangular mark, edged with 

 black, with a greyish streak running from its apex to the opposite 

 margin ; on the anterior side of this streak is a broadish, dusky, 

 ferruginous, abbreviated fascia, edged and spotted with black, ori- 

 ginating on the dorsal margin, and preceded by a shorter streak. 

 Posterior to the middle of the central streak are a few small dark 

 spots, followed by a dull olivaceous patch towards the anal angle. 

 The apical region is occupied by an irregular, dusky, ferruginous 

 streak, succeeded by a blackish cloud with darker spots, bearing a 

 few lustrous blue or leaden-coloured scales. The costa between the 

 markings is finely spotted, the dorsal margin with coarser spots. 

 Within the anal angle is a small black triangular mark. Apical 

 scales mottled with ochreous and black. Cilia glossy, dull ochreous, 

 broadly alternated with black ; the bases ochreous ; whitish at the 

 anal angle. Posterior wings dull, clothed with coarse, pale, fuscous 

 scales, with a mottled appearance, caused by the speckling of the 

 under-surface showing through. Marginal scales fuscous, with drab 

 bases. Cilia glossy, paler fuscous. Abdomen glossy, black; the 

 apex slightly ochreous. $ Exp. al. 7-7-J- lin. Anterior wings 

 marked as in the <$ , but the colour richer. 



Not a common species ; constant in size and colour ; allied 

 to Eup. dubitana, but larger ; the ground- colour of the anterior 

 wings is pinkish, and the head black, whilst in the latter species 

 the ground-colour and head are pale drab ; the former, however, 

 are sometimes pinkish. 



The imago appears in July and August, but always sparingly. 

 It occurs at Charlton Sand-pit ; it has also been captured in 

 North Wales, and at Clontarf and Dublin in Ireland. 



3. dubitana, Hiib. Alls anticis albis vel pallide roseis, macula basi, 

 medio costa3, altera quadrata margine dorsali, apiceque nigris; 

 posticis fusco-griseis. tf Exp. al. 6-1-7 lin. 



Head straw-colour on the vertex, slightly dusky behind and over 

 the eyes. Face ochreous above, dull drab below. Eyes black. Palpi 



